Topic 5 lesson 4-5

1. In 479 BCE, the combined forces of the Greek city-states faced off against the Persians at __________
4. at a distance
6. a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment
11. a story meant to teach a lesson
12. a narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water
13. a period of ten years
14. to stress
16. the territory governed by an official known as a satrap
17. part of an army in which the soldiers ride horses
18. the son of Odysseus

2. _______'_ fables are stories that were first told around 550 BCE
3. a religion based on the belief in one god
4. _____ in particular became a powerful and self-confident city-state.
5. ______ poems and stories are some of the oldest literature in Western civilization
7. the poet ______ taught courage and honor in the lliad.
8. conflict or disagreement
9. The _____ tells the story of Odysseus, a Greek hero of the Trojan War.
10. _____ treated the other city-states like subjects, demanding strict loyalty and regular payments from them.
15. Early ______ were warriors and cattle herders from the grasslands of central Asia